@canvas-ui

Promising 83/100 · #34 of 342 scored

Creative html-in-canvas components. React, Vue, Svelte, TS.

@canvas-ui is a shadcn UI community registry. Its source repository is DavidHDev/canvas-ui , which has 4.7k GitHub stars, 238 forks and 18 contributors. The last commit was 18d ago (172 commits in the last 90 days). It scores 83/100 on Sealambda's maturity index, placing it in the Promising tier.

Scoring

Maturity breakdown

83 / 100 · Promising

0avoid · 305080 · reliable100

new confidence 100% · weight backed by data

Maintenance ×35% 87 → +30.3

last commit 19d ago · 172 commits/90d · solo maintainer

Popularity ×20% 100 → +20.0

4.7k★ · 238 forks

Community ×20% 80 → +15.9

18 contributors · bus factor 1 · 15 watching

Responsiveness ×13% 73 → +9.5

8/11 issues closed (73%)

Hygiene ×12% 63 → +7.6

license (unrecognized) · 71% health files

Signals

Repository facts

4.7k
Stars: 238
Forks: 18
Contributors: 1
Bus factor: 3
Open issues: 8
Closed issues: 172
Commits (90d): TypeScript
Language: present (unrecognized)
License: —
Latest version: none
Releases: 18d ago
Last commit

Classification

License, pricing and purpose

License: Unrecognized license; Unrecognized license: A license file GitHub could not match to a known license.
Access: Custom license; A license GitHub could not recognize (often custom, commercial or source-available): read it before use.
Purpose: Creative WebGL and WebGPU canvas-based effects and shader wrappers that overlay interactive HTML across multiple frontend frameworks.
Commercial model: Free; Everything the project offers is free to use, with no paid tier. Donations and sponsorships do not count as paid.
Tied to a service: No; Yes when the components are a client for a commercial API or service.
Scope: Add-on collection; Many components across several areas that complement shadcn/ui instead of replacing its primitives, such as effects, animated or advanced components.
Domains: Animation; Animation: Animated components, motion effects and transitions.
Design: Distinct look; Has its own visual language that no longer reads as shadcn/ui, such as neobrutalism, retro pixel art, glassmorphism or skeuomorphism.
Coverage: 0%; Share of shadcn/ui core primitives that the registry ships.

Evidence

“Is Canvas UI free to use? Yes. Canvas UI is licensed under MIT + Commons Clause: use every component in any personal or commercial app or website, free forever.”
commercial · homepage ↗
“An open source library of creative, framework-agnostic components drawn on canvas. Fluid simulations, shader effects, and 3D scenes that run over your live, fully interactive interface.”
scope · readme ↗
“Fluid simulations, shader effects, and 3D scenes that run over your live, fully interactive interface.”
domains · readme ↗
“Text stays selectable, links stay clickable, and the page becomes a texture that fire, fluid, and glass distort in real time.”
design · readme ↗

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Usage

Install

Add components from this registry with the shadcn CLI (configure the registry URL in your components.json):

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @canvas-ui/[component]

endpoint: https://canvasui.dev/r/{name}.json

Homepage ↗ GitHub ↗

README

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